I found out last night that my piece Zombie won the gold medal at this year’s Richmond Illustrator’s Club Juried Show! Ditto and British Security Bees were also accepted into the show. Thanks to the Richmond Illustrators’ Club and all the jurors! The show information is below. If you’re town that night, come out and enjoy some bad-ass work from some bad-ass illustrators.

Also, buy me a beer.

Or two.

                                                                           Zombie-GOLD MEDAL

                                                                                              Ditto

                                                                                British Security Bees

Richmond Illustrators Club 5th Annual Juried Show

Ghostprint Gallery

220 W. Broad St., Richmond VA

Soft Opening Reception Thursday, May 31//6-8pm

First Friday Opening Reception Friday, June 1//7-10pm

Figure drawings. These are some of my favorites in recent sketching memory.

Sad Astroboy. A study for my next illustration.

I’ve been asked recently what supplies I use to make my work.

Well for starters, I use this.

I also use scanned-in textures, graphite sticks and occasionally paint. The rest is left in the hands of this.

I know it was a long read, but those are the tools that I use to make what I make. 

I’ll have a post briefly discussing how I use these materials very soon.

Goodnight, kids. 

                                                             La Isla de la Munecas or The Island of the Dolls

The following is a true story.

A hermit named Don Julian lived on an island south of Mexico City. Although he had a family, he chose to live the last 50 years of his life alone. Julian became obsessed with the death of a young girl who drowned in a canal near the island. One day, he found a doll floating in the water and tied it to a tree to appease the spirit of the young girl. Over the years, he would fish lost broken dolls out of the water. He would even trade his goods for dolls in a local town. Eventually, the hermit tied hundreds of dolls to the trees of his island, creating a shrine for a soul that was lost too soon. In 2001, Don Julian was found dead. He drowned in the same canal as the girl. People say that the girl’s spirit haunts the Island of the Dolls.

                                                       Island of the Dolls work-in-progress detail.

I’ve been drawing way too many creepy kids or child-related things lately. This probably says a lot about my own childhood.

In honor of the amazing Avengers movie, you can now purchase my Hulk piece, Bruce Banner, Physicist.
Hulk was BAD.ASS. in the movie. Own a piece of badassery.

Bruce Banner, Physicist

$20

signed and printed on Hammermill matte 100LB
13” x 19.5” paper size
11” x 17” image size

Click here to go to the product link.

I just found out that my pieces, British Security Bees, Ditto, and Zombie were all accepted into the Richmond Illustrator’s Club Juried Show in the Uncommissioned category. It’s such an honor to have that many pieces in the show. Thanks to the Richmond Illustrator’s Club and all the jurors.

                                                                   Dr. Bruce Banner, Physicist

This is a piece for a benefit and gallery show for Kerry Talbott, my former art school teacher at VCU. Kerry was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2010. He’s in good condition right now, but he was left with pretty huge medical bills. The benefit is this Monday, April 30 at Ghostprint Gallery in Richmond VA. All the pieces in the show will be silently auctioned off throughout the night with 100% of proceeds going to Kerry. There will be prints of Dr. Bruce Banner, Physicist at the show, so come out and pick up for a great cause.

Information 

Art Auction Benefit/Party for Kerry Talbott

Ghostprint Gallery

You can now buy a print of my Ditto piece from the Pokemon Battle Royale show. Get one while you still can here.